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Northrop Grumman Space Technology was awarded a contract modification including a cost-plus-award-fee with multiple incentives worth $2.35 billion in the National Polar- orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) acquisition and operations contract, the U.S. Department of Defense announced July 30…
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revised the 700 megahertz band plan and service rules “to promote the creation of a nationwide interoperable broadband network for public safety and to facilitate the availability of new and innovative wireless…
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Blue Sky Network and Iridium announced that the British Ministry of Defence is deploying Blue Sky Network’s Iridium satellite-based flight tracking equipment for the Search-and-Rescue division of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG may join with a team headed by cellular-telephone giant T-Mobile to offer broadband Internet access and wireless e-mail to its long-haul passengers, replacing the defunct Connexion by Boeing service, industry officials said according to AP.
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ESA’s Mars Express will be following the Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) phase of NASA’s Phoenix lander, due to be launched on 4 August.
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Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2007.
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COM DEV International Ltd. announced that it has received Authorisations to Proceed (ATPs) from Orbital Sciences Corporation totalling US$3.5 million to provide multiplexers and switches for at least two commercial satellite programmes.
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The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Systems Group satellite Flight-18, scheduled to launch in April 2008, successfully completed a seven-day system level acoustic test at a Lockheed Martin facility.
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